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CodeSnip File Format Documentation - Saved Files
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DelphiDabbler CodeSnip
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File Format Documentation
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<h1>
Saved Files
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<h2>
Introduction
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<p>
CodeSnip saves external files in two different ways:
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By saving snippets to file from the <em>File | Save Snippet</em> menu.
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By saving units to file from the <em>File | Save Unit</em> menu.
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In each case the following file types can be chosen by the user:
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Plain text.
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Pascal source files (either .inc or .pas files).
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XHTML files.
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Rich text files.
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There is no specific file format for these files, other than XHTML and RTF
files conform to published specifications.
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Encoding
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The encodings used depend on the file type and user choice. Different file
types have different encoding choices, as follows:
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Plain text
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ANSI (system default code page)
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UTF-8
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Unicode little endian (UTF16-LE)
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Unicode big endian (UTF16-BE)
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Pascal source files
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ANSI (system default code page)
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UTF-8
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XHTML files
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UTF-8
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Rich text files (RTF)
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ANSI (system default code page)
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Files with UTF-16LE, UTF-16BE and UTF-8 encodings are saved with byte order
marks.
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